योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-9

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच ।
गुरुं वाल्मीकिमत्राशु प्रार्थयस्व प्रयत्नतः ।
तेनेदं यत्समारब्धं रामायणमनिन्दितम् ॥ ९ ॥

śrībrahmovāca ,
guruṃ vālmīkimatrāśu prārthayasva prayatnataḥ ,
tenedaṃ yatsamārabdhaṃ rāmāyaṇamaninditam 9

9. śrībrahmā uvāca gurum vālmīkim atra āśu prārthayasva
prayatnataḥ tena idam yat samārabhdham rāmāyaṇam aninditam

9. Lord Brahmā said: 'Here, quickly and diligently implore your preceptor (guru) Vālmīki. For this blameless Rāmāyaṇa was commenced by him.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीब्रह्मा (śrībrahmā) - Lord Brahmā (Glorious Brahmā, venerable Brahmā)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, told)

• गुरुम् (gurum) - your preceptor (guru) (teacher, preceptor, heavy, important)

• वाल्मीकिम् (vālmīkim) - Vālmīki (Vālmīki (name of a sage, author of Rāmāyaṇa))

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this context, regarding this issue) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, immediately, swiftly)

• प्रार्थयस्व (prārthayasva) - implore (request, implore, ask for)

• प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - diligently (with effort, diligently, carefully)

• तेन (tena) - by him (Vālmīki) (by him, by that)

• इदम् (idam) - this (Rāmāyaṇa) (this, this here)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the Rāmāyaṇa) (which, what, that)

• समारभ्धम् (samārabhdham) - has been commenced (commenced, begun, undertaken)

• रामायणम् (rāmāyaṇam) - the Rāmāyaṇa (Rāmāyaṇa (the epic poem))

• अनिन्दितम् (aninditam) - blameless (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीब्रह्मा (śrībrahmā) - Lord Brahmā (Glorious Brahmā, venerable Brahmā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrībrahman

śrībrahman - Glorious Brahmā, revered Brahmā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+brahman)

• śrī – glory, wealth, prosperity, auspiciousness
  noun (feminine)
• brahman – divine, holy power, the Creator (Brahmā), the Absolute (brahman)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, told)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense (liṭ), root vac, 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

गुरुम् (gurum) - your preceptor (guru) (teacher, preceptor, heavy, important)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, venerable, heavy, important

वाल्मीकिम् (vālmīkim) - Vālmīki (Vālmīki (name of a sage, author of Rāmāyaṇa))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vālmīki

vālmīki - Vālmīki (the celebrated sage and author of the Rāmāyaṇa)

अत्र (atra) - here (in this context, regarding this issue) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, immediately, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

प्रार्थयस्व (prārthayasva) - implore (request, implore, ask for)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of prārth

from root arth (to ask, to desire) with upasarga pra-; Imperative (loṭ) 2nd singular middle (ātmanepada)

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - diligently (with effort, diligently, carefully)

(indeclinable)

derived from prayatna (effort) with suffix -tas

तेन (tena) - by him (Vālmīki) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इदम् (idam) - this (Rāmāyaṇa) (this, this here)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, the present

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the Rāmāyaṇa) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

समारभ्धम् (samārabhdham) - has been commenced (commenced, begun, undertaken)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of samārabhdha

samārabhdha - commenced, begun, undertaken, started

Past Passive Participle

from root ā-rabh (to begin) with upasarga sam-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

रामायणम् (rāmāyaṇam) - the Rāmāyaṇa (Rāmāyaṇa (the epic poem))

(proper noun)

neuter, singular of rāmāyaṇa

rāmāyaṇa - the Rāmāyaṇa (the epic poem by Vālmīki, narrating the life of Rāma)

अनिन्दितम् (aninditam) - blameless (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anindita

anindita - blameless, faultless, irreproachable, not reviled

Past Passive Participle

Negative prefix a- + nindita (blamed); from root nind (to blame)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nindita)

• a – un-, non-, not
  indeclinable
• nindita – blamed, censured, reviled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root nind (to blame)
  Root: nind (class 1)